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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did it take Sam to get the fireplace so it didn't smoke him out of his tree?

2. Who did Sam stop from running away in "Trouble Begins"?

3. in "I Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow," what does Sam consider a pretty good barometer?

4. In "I PIle Up Wood and Go on with Winter," what did Sam hear that made him feel he had time to chop wood?

5. What does Sam name after people he knew on Third Street in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bando say shows that Sam has been busy since Bando left?

2. Where does Sam get wood and store it in "I Pile up Wood and Go on with Winter"?

3. How did Sam haul the clay he used for his fireplace?

4. How did Frightful help Sam gather nuts?

5. What evidence did Warden Jim Handy find of a wild boy, and why did he think the boy went home?

6. What issues did Sam face when hunting season arrived?

7. What made Sam realize that he needed ventilation when he used his furnace?

8. What preparations does Sam make for Christmas dinner when Bando will come?

9. How did Sam and Frightful like the crickets in the meadow in "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness"?

10. What mess was made inside Sam's tree house when he had the Halloween party for his animal neighbors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several articles are written about a wild boy living in the woods near Delhi. Why does Sam worry about the accounts at first, and then he decides not to concern himself with the reports for now?

Essay Topic 2

Sam carefully trained Frightful. How did Sam know how to train Frightful?

Essay Topic 3

Sam nicknamed a weasel he found alive in one of his traps. Why did Sam name the weasel and how did they interact together?

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